Salli Richardson

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Salli Richardson-Whitfield (2012)

Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield (born November 23, 1967 in Chicago , Illinois as Salli Elise Richardson ) is an American actress and director.

Private life

The mother of the actress is of African American-Indian descent, the ancestors of her father , who works at the University of Chicago , came from Italy and Ireland. Richardson grew up in Chicago, where she appeared in a theater.

Richardson has been married to actor Dondre Whitfield since 2002 . She lives in Los Angeles with him and their daughter, Parker Richardson Whitfield .

Career

Movie

Her first film role she played in the drama Up Against the Wall from 1991. In the western Posse - The Revenge of Jessie Lee (1993) she was seen on the side of Mario van Peebles , Stephen Baldwin and Billy Zane . In the thriller Sioux City - Amulet of Vengeance (1994) she played one of the bigger roles alongside Lou Diamond Phillips . In the comedy I Spy Returns (1994), she played alongside the leading actors Bill Cosby and Robert Culp an agent in the field. She also played a bigger role - alongside Keenen Ivory Wayans and Jada Pinkett Smith - in the action comedy A Low Down Dirty Shame from the same year.

In the television drama True Women (1997), Richardson appeared on the side of Annabeth Gish , Angelina Jolie and Rachael Leigh Cook . In the drama Antwone Fisher (2002) she played alongside Denzel Washington and Derek Luke . In the SF film drama I Am Legend (2007) she took on a larger role on the side of Will Smith . In 2010 she played in I Will Follow and in 2012 in We the Party .

watch TV

From 1994 to 1996 and 1998 she was a spokeswoman for the animation series Gargoyles - On the Wings of Justice . Salli Richardson had guest appearances in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Stargate - Kommando SG-1 (1997), Pretender (1998), CSI: Miami (2003), New York Cops - NYPD Blue (2004) , Dr. House (2005), Missing (2005), Bones (2006) and Criminal Minds (2009).

From 2006 to 2012, Richardson played the role of Dr. in the regular cast of the US television series Eureka - The Secret City. Allison Blake . From 2015 to 2017 she was part of the main cast as Maggie Baptiste in the series Stitchers .

Richardson-Whitfield has worked as a director since 2011 and has been involved in around 30 television series. In 2019 she received the Black Reel Award for directing an episode of Black-ish .

Filmography (selection)

Nominations

  • 2011: NAACP Image Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Eureka - The Secret City .
  • 2014: Black Reel Award nomination for Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries for Pastor Brown .

Web links

Commons : Salli Richardson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c biography in the IMDb , accessed on August 28, 2008
  2. ↑ www.tv.com , accessed January 10, 2008
  3. ↑ Dondre Whitfield in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  4. ↑ ProSieben website: EUReKA , Salli Richardson, accessed on 28 August 2008
  5. ↑ The 14th Annual Black Reel Awards Nominations. blackreelawards.wordpress.com, accessed February 7, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Richardson, Salli
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richardson-Whitfield, Salli Elise (full name); Richardson, Salli Elise (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and director
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , United States